REVIEW ARTICLE ON KAVALA AND GANDOOSHA
Dr. Lokesh Kumar*, Dr. Radha Krishna Bishwal, Dr. Aditi and Dr. Pritika
ABSTRACT
The main purpose of Ayurveda is to promote the health of healthy person and to cure the disease of the sufferer.[1] Ayurveda believes to treat the disease from its root cause. There are various oral diseases prevailing in the society due to change in lifestyle and dietary habits of the individuals. Though there are various measures described in Ayurveda for maintaining oral hygiene like dant dhavana, jihvanirlekhana, tambool sevana, kavala and gandoosha.[2] Out of these measures, kavala and gandoosh are two preventive and therapeutic measures explained in Ayurvedic classics. The features of both these measures are described in this review.
Keywords: Kavala, gandoosha, oral health.
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